evan9r
Full Member
Well I have used the E-trac for 5 or 6 hunts now and I think I am starting to get the hang of it after adjusting some of the settings. First hunt was at a not so popular beach and only found a few dimes, pennies and trash but it was all deep. Next few hunts were around early 1900s and older houses that had lots of iron. Found a few cool things but no real old coins. I must say my buddy FoundinNC had better finds with his Ace 250, including a 1900 Indian and a 1845 large cent. I did manage to pull a wheatie but the date is unreadable. Also found a token for Andrew Johnson and a pocket knife. In one hole with a memorial penny I found what I believe to be a steel penny but its hard to tell its so rusted. Here are a few pics. Also found a Bingham Military button that is in one of the pics but I found that with the Compadre after the battery died on the E-trac. All in all I was somewhat dissapointed/frustrated I wasnt finding the really good stuff. At the same time I was happy because most of these sites I hit have been hunted a few times with my old Cibola and everything I was finding was near iron or really deep. Not to mention one quarter I found in my driveway that was in the spot of a previous coinspill of several quarters that I found with my Cibola. I had turned the Cibola up and never heard a peep because I just knew there had to be more quarters there. Well the E-trac pulled one more out, not that deep but it was on edge straight up and down. This shocked and excited me.
I havent had the time to do any hunting in the past few weeks due to lots of school work. I did change the settings some and air tested a few of my coins and finds to get a better feel of what to hear and look for. So yesterday I finally got the chance to hit a local park for the first time with the E-trac and lo and behold I pulled a nice shiny 14k gold ring out. I actually had a lot more confidence this time with the new settings and felt I could distinguish something good from trash. An hour or two netted a handful of clad and a gold ring so things are coming together.
Whats odd is that on air tests and sometimes on targets in the ground the E-trac does not register the target if the sweep speed is slower like everyone recommends. I found that faster is better than slower.
I havent had the time to do any hunting in the past few weeks due to lots of school work. I did change the settings some and air tested a few of my coins and finds to get a better feel of what to hear and look for. So yesterday I finally got the chance to hit a local park for the first time with the E-trac and lo and behold I pulled a nice shiny 14k gold ring out. I actually had a lot more confidence this time with the new settings and felt I could distinguish something good from trash. An hour or two netted a handful of clad and a gold ring so things are coming together.
Whats odd is that on air tests and sometimes on targets in the ground the E-trac does not register the target if the sweep speed is slower like everyone recommends. I found that faster is better than slower.
